**OFFICE OF**  **THE AlTORNEY**  **QENERAL OF**  **TEXAS AUSTIN** 

**xou &biro**  that relative 

### to the intapre

a11 mea6yB) both Ret ttad to the Bane, er aepesit in the MI are mrease4
red by the bbove meatloaod eat 

### or the net 

### Siaee (notia

### t) be remitted to the 

### oaae, onazbrioa

### for depositin the 678

.**u'aao, Fi8h**  **h qrter**  Coad84ioa **- page**  **P**

The law to mhlab you refer ia earrled la Vernon*8 Rerired Citil matuter as Artlole 9340* The seuondparagraph or secfioa8 of such law providem@

be rmlttml to the Oaae, Wsh L Oyster Com&mml011

at it8 0SSioe la Auetia, teus, **aot** later than the lmbdq of themath tollmingthair oolleotioaand shall be 

### depotdted by raid Game, Fish 6i Oyster QoPPdesioa 

### to the State trearut7 to tho 4redlt oi the rldr and Opter FUNI.* (Biuphab3our*

r)

. Thie languageIs repeated in Section 0 of the am 

### AOt, firat PaPagraph.



### Artiole950 of the Code oi CrladnalProoedursprorldosI 'The Dietriot **or** County **Attoraiq** mhallbe sntitled to tea per oeat of all **iines,** iorfeiturea or moneys oollec.te(l 

### for tho 

### Stateor **oouaty,** upon **judgaeatr ~OOOT~~~**  v tit and the 01e~k 

### of the 00~1%in whioh said Wgmmit8 or4 readered shall be eatitled to five per **44nt of**  the amOunt Of mid jUd@l@JltS, t0 be paid Out Of th0 aaount Then oolleoted.'

Art4010 061, Code of Grirrfaal Froo4dure1 vhe sheriffor other offioermbo oolleote money tar the State or oounty, under aw **prods** ion UP this oode, uoopt jury fees, 6hall**be** entitled to retain fire per cent thereofwhen oolleGfed Artiolo 44X26

of the Revised Oivll Statutes provides in p-t1 '01 all fine8 colleated 

### for iafractionsof the fish and oyster laws, ten per cent ohs11 go to the prosecutingattorney, ami the 

### realdue

# I
Game, Fish & ester Gomisaion - page 9 i

thereof shall go to the General Tund o?

this State.a

The language oi Seotioa 9 of Article 934a requires the remiesioa of 

### l ~~poll# l ee

$%lsuwsmpfm&gQPgPa$ ma 5.m

This languagedoea not require the raoisaioa of costs of court leseoeed and oolleoted as mob. It does, however, 

### requireall Piaes to be remitted in full to the awe, Fish 0 Oyoter Coaudseion. *gLL~COlle~fed* e l because ot fines paid a l ll does not admit of any interpretntion safe that the intent of the Legf6l&xWe was to reqiiire the whole SUD collected as a tine tok violation of the provisions of the oommrcial fishing la0 to be rec;ftted to the Game, Fish dc



### OysterOowdssion. Sinoe this is a opeoial 

### provialon oontrolliug the 

### disgositlon of a particularfine, aml rime the lav ot vhioh this language forms a part VW euaoted by the Legislature,and became efPec.tive after Artiola,oM) and **osl** of the code of GriEiW.%l FroosQure and Axtiole 402s of the geviaed Girl1 Statutom,it controls the disposition ai 811 moseys oollected a9 fines for violation of the oar@orf&al iieibing

law.
Xour Eirot question,therefore,is answered es follows: Court oosts, asaeesedand oolleoteda6 suah, are not to be remitted to tile Owe, Fish & Oyster Comi8eioa, under the provltions ef &tlole 03401

In 

### reply to your second question,you arc advised that the eutire line a88essaiand oolleotcdfor violatioa of &tiole 99&a mast be rolnittai to the Game, Tish S emtcr Gemmiraion for **deposit** in the state treaeury to the credit of 

### the **Fish** and Oyeter 

### Fund.

sow' third questionrequireono ansm3r, in viev of the amvem made to the first two questions. **Very** truly yours

BY R. 1. Fairohild Ilw-M .2:-:.-,-C

.JLiL 23. 1943 Assistant